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Cultural Relativism
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Cultural relativism is the research practice of understanding a culture's beliefs and customs on their own terms before evaluating them.
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To explain an arranged marriage, a sociologist first reconstructs what the practice means to the families involved.
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It is a method for understanding, and understanding comes before judgment rather than replacing it.